amatl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl

  1. paper

References

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl (inanimate)

  1. paper
  2. document; letter; book

References

  • Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aamatl (a kind of fig tree; paper).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːmat͡ɬ/

Noun

āmatl

  1. paper
    • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      amatl, papel, ymamauh, el papel de aquellos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. document; letter; book.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Central Nahuatl: amatl
  • Spanish: amate

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 208.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 10.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 210.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl

Noun

amatl

  1. paper.
  2. book.

Orizaba Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl

  1. paper

References

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl

Noun

amatl

  1. paper.
  2. book.
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